Becket | |
Director: | George Ridgwell |
Starring: | Frank R. Benson A.V. Bramble Bertram Burleigh |
Cinematography: | Joseph Rosenthal Jr. |
Runtime: | 86 minutes |
Studio: | Stoll Pictures |
Distributor: | Stoll Pictures |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | Silent English intertitles |
Becket is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Frank R. Benson, A.V. Bramble and Bertram Burleigh.[1] It depicts the fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
The film is based on the 1884 play of the same title by Alfred Tennyson. It was produced by Stoll Pictures, Britain's largest film company of the era, at the Cricklewood Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton.